Show and Tell

Me: Gracie today for show and tell you need to take something that is brown.  What do you want to take?

Gracie " I'll just bring myself!"

I went to pick the kids up from school on Thursday and was greeted by a hysterically screaming child!!! My girls are so emotional sometimes so I didn't really think to much about it until Grace climbed into the car screaming "I broke my arm"  I look down to a mangled, swollen arm!!!! Apparently she was doing a back bend at school and slipped on some wet grass and crash landed on her arm funny!  I knew immediately that the wrist was broken, so off we went to the Dr. ... Sure enough broken wrist!  Gracie was devastated!  "How am I going to do my gymnastics?!?!"  She cried harder about having to wear a cast than she did about the actual pain!  Lucky for her they still wanted her to come to tumbling and they are going to teach her all her tricks 1 handed!  As active as this girl is I am sure this is not the last broken bone!

We have a tumbler in the house

Gracie Started her first tumbling class on April 14th! 

I can't believe how well she is doing!!!

Next American Idol

This girl is so cute I can't stand it. She LOVES to sing. In fact that is all she does day and night. There have been times where we have put her in time out and she will sing about why she is in time out! Even if she doesn't know the words she carries the tune making up her own version. I love it ! Enjoy!!!

I found this in Gracie's backpack yesterday! I asked her where it came from?? "Kyson made it for me mom!" (with the biggest goo goo eyes I have ever seen) I really thought that this boy would lose interest in Gracie after a few weeks! It has been two years and he is still head over heals in LOVE with her!!!

This cute little note also came with a beaded ring he had made for her ... looks just like an engagement ring! (I need to get a picture of it)

her first True love!!!

Girly Girl Pictures

Aren't these girls the cutest ever?!?!

I am not just saying that because I am the Mom!

All I wanted when I was little was to grow up and be a Mommy ...

I dreamed of having a little girl that I could dress up and do her hair!

I was bless to get two BEAUTIFUL daughters!

One Tom Boy and A Girly Girl

Together a Dream come true!!!

These are just a few of my Favorite pictures my sister in-law Ashley did for me.

She does a great job!!! Check out her blog purplepeacockphotography.blogspot.com!

Enjoy

Happy 6th Birthday Grace!

I can't believe it! My baby is 6 (yesterday). Here is a few pictures of her special day. I hope you had a great birthday Grace!!

"The Birthday Girl"

The "birthday breakfast" ... cinnamon rolls!

Grace's Grandma and Grandpa sent her a card in the mail. It came a little early and we made her wait until her birthday to open it. She was so excited to open and find $10.00.

Grace bought a Fancy Nancy game with that $10.00 (Yes the $$ only lasted in her pocket for about 2 hours) Money well spent in my opinion. Gracie and Izzy played and played that game until Sophie decided to play too!

Gracie had to go to kindergarten for the afternoon but after school we had big plans.

We went to dinner at Training Table (Gracie loves their grilled cheese and cheese fries)

next we headed to Build A Bear.

Gracie has had this planned for over a month. She wanted to build her own bear and choose the accessories.

Here she is giving "Lillie" a bath!

Their first official picture as a family "Lillie & Gracie"

Today, Gracie made Matt a Christmas card at school.

It made me smile when I opened it up to find a drawing of Gracie and her Daddy!

I think she did a great drawing of her Dad!

I love the little details ...

Matt's Hair (before his haircut of coarse!)

The very large flower in her hair, and the lipstick red lips!!!

1st Day of Kindergarten!

Gracie was so excited for today, her 1st day of kindergarten! She was up late last night, worried about the hand sanitizer I had not yet purchased for her class. She then got up early today asking about every 10 minutes when school was going to start, starting at 7:30AM. School doesn't start until 12:15PM! She picked out the cutest outfit. We did fancy hair with a McQueen bow to top it off! (love it). She then told me that she needed a good lunch. PB&J with chips??? "No peaches are better mom!" We then did the picture ... the one in the yard I take every year.

We got to the school a little early to take a few pictures!

Here she is so excited she can hardly stand still!

She was first in line! She was not shy to remind everyone that the line started behind her!!!


Here she is the "famous" Mrs Blanchat!


She wasn't nervous, she didn't look back, she was ready ... and so was I!

Good Luck Gracie, Your going to LOVE kindergarten!!!

Growing up is hard to do!!!

Before she lost her tooth!

Gracie FREAKING out before anything happened!


Still FREAKING out!!

Finally she let Matt pull !!!

And it's out !!!

All grown up !!!

Gracie learned the hard way that growing up is hard to do. At our last dentist visit they told me that she would soon be losing her bottom two teeth. She just giggled and was so excited that she would finally be losing a tooth, just like her big sister. Little did she know that day would come sooner than later!! She wiggled and Wiggled that tooth until it got to the point that it needed some help coming out. Matt is so good at this. I think he enjoys it a little too much. He told Gracie "OK it's time, We need to pull it out!" Gracie was so excited. I got the camera, after all she is my baby and she was about to lose her very first tooth. And so the process began!! Matt started to pull a little on the tooth and Gracie FREAKED!!! She started crying "I don't want to do it!" " No Daddy it will hurt." Matt tried to calm her telling her it would be over quick and to hold still!! She cried even harder! Eventually she allowed him to pull and within a few seconds ... she had grown up!!

Summer Fun

I have never met someone who loves life more than our Gracie! This girl lives her life to the fullest every day!! She has so much fun. It was partly cloudy with a chance of rain today ... but to her if it's not actually raining it doesn't matter she is still going to play!!!

Izzy and Grace being creative!!!

I hate hearing that 5 letter word ... Bored!

With summer comes the challenge of keeping the kids entertained!

We go to the pool, to the library, out to eat, we watch movies, have picnics, play with cousins, play soccer, sleep in

and still I hear "I am bored"

So this week I bought the girls a little art project. Best idea I have had all summer! They worked so hard on their projects, concentrating on every detail. For a few hours they were best friends !! No fighting, no screaming just peace and quiet ... every mom's dream!!

Today I was driving in the car and Gracie says to me "Mom why isn't your name Hoskins anymore?" me "Because I got married and now my name is Chavez" Gracie "oh so when I get married my name will be Wilcox!" me "Wilcox???" "Why would your name be Wilcox?" Gracie "because that is Kyson's name ... silly mom!" I started laughing so hard. I had no idea her little crush from preschool was truly the one!!

We love our Cameron!! She is such a great sport to put up with her two moms when she comes to Aunt Wendy's. These girls pack her around like she is their little baby. We just love her so much =0)

Preschool Graduation

I can't believe how fast the last few years have gone by. Gracie is graduating from preschool and on to kindergarten!!

Wheeler Farm Field Trip!!!